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Former National Security Minister Robert Montague says it is time to arm all law-abiding Jamaicans.

“Any decent law-abiding citizen, with a clean police record, no mental (health) issues or domestic violence conviction should be able to acquire a gun permit within 45 days of applying,” insisted Montague.

He made the call in the House of Representatives last Wednesday, during the debate on the Firearms (Prohibition, Restriction and Regulation) Act. The Bill was passed without amendment.

In justifying his call for the general populace to be armed, Montague argued that over the past 10 years, only 29 firearm holders were murdered in the country. By contrast, on average, 1,300 Jamaicans are murdered each year, with illegal guns featuring in more than 80 per cent of the killings.

Montague also pointed out that over a 10-year period a total of 627 combined major crimes, including shootings, robberies and praedial larceny have been committed against firearm holders, suggesting a firearm is a deterrent to criminals.

Montague told the House that there are 45,000 licensed firearm holders in Jamaica and 167,000 guns as there are persons with multiple licences, in addition to security companies that utilise armed guards as well as gun clubs.

“There’s an average of 30,000 firearm holders over the last 10 years. Therefore, some 0.09 or one per cent of licensed firearm holders have been murdered over a 10-year period or an average of 0.01 per year.

“At 627 combined incidents of crime against firearm holders, it shows that only two per cent have been affected by crime over the last 10-year period or an average of .2 per year,” said Montague.

“The figures clearly show that if you’re armed, criminals don’t mess with you,” he declared. He noted that criminals have more advanced weapons than the police in many cases and that the police and army are held at bay for hours sometimes in a shootout (with gunmen).

“Yet, we’re calling on law-abiding citizens to join the fight against crime. What must they join with, dem two long hands, and two stone and a cutlass? And what they must do with those?” the former security minister asked.

Montague lamented that the long wait for a gun licence sometimes criminalises the process. He insists that we must level the playing field and give the advantage to the law-abiding person.

For those who would object to arming the general population by pointing to countries such as Australia that recently disarmed the society and “are okay”, Montague said: “Australia is not confronted by the factors that beset us. They don’t have our historic crime rate or the amount of high powered illegal weapons that are everywhere in Jamaica”.

Continuing, he said: “Disarming works for Australia. It’s fit-for-purpose for them. Let’s wish them well and get on with a fit-for-purpose solution for Jamaica’s problems”.

And the former security minister said that when a criminal is about to break into your house, he should pause and wonder, “How many guns are in that house?”

“When they’re planning to steal a farmer’s crop or animals, they have to wonder if the farmer has a gun and what are the chances of getting shot,” he added to applause from his colleagues.

“We must give back the advantage to the law-abiding citizen; right now the criminals have the advantage,” said Montage.

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ORANJESTAD (AAN):  Recien Corte di Husticia a dicta sentencia den e caso penal cu Ministerio Publico

a cuminsa contra e muher D.G.D.G. kende ta wordo acusa di tabata huur camber y apartamento cu ilegalnan di Venezuela.

EXIGENCIA DI FISCAL

            Tratamento di e caso a tuma lugar algun siman pasa caminda Fiscal ta acusa D.G.D.G. cu entre Januari 2019 y 17 Juli 2021, a yuda 7 persona ilegal cu estadia na su lugar Pavia Country Club 129. Fiscal ta haya D.G.D.G. culpable y a exigi 6 luna di prison condicional. Ademas Fiscal a exigi 150 ora di trabao pa comunidad of 75 dia sera.

ABOGADO

                Abogado mr. Mohamed a bisa Hues cu e ta haya cu mester declara su cliente D.G.D.G. liber. E abogado a bisa cu D.G.D.G. no a yuda e ilegalnan cu fin di gana placa. Tampoco D.G.D.G. tabata sa y no a sospecha cu e 7 hendenan tabata ilegal na Aruba.

            Mr. Mohamed a mustra Hues cu D.G.D.G. tabata huur cambernan den e cas y un apartamento cu 2 camber pa 400 y 600 florin pa luna, incluyendo awa, coriente y cable. Esaki ta un prijs hopi barata. E gastonan di coriente y awa pa luna tabata 1400 florin pa luna. Na opinion di mr. Mohamed, no por papia aki di cu D.G.D.G. tabatin ganashi.

            El a mustra cu D.G.D.G. ta un voluntario na e organisacion HIAS, cu ta un organisacion sin meta di tin ganashi, cu ta yuda e Venezolanonan cu huy for di Venezuela y cu ta pidi asilo na Aruba. E organisacion ta kere e Venezolanonan cu nan a pidi asilo.

            Tambe e abogado a bisa Hues cu pa ley, D.G.D.G. no tin e obligacion di controla esnan cu e ta huur camber, si nan documentonan di estadia ta na orden.

SENTENCIA

                Hues recien a dicta sentencia caminda el a bisa cu e ta tene cuenta cu promer cu e pandemia di Covid, te cu awor, Gobierno a sera frontera entre Venezuela y Aruba. Desde Maart 2020 a tuma medida cu ta para entrada y salida pa Venezuela pa evita Covid. Hues a bisa cu 4 di e 7 personanan cu tabata keda na e lugar, a pidi asilo promer cu a bay huur camber.

            Hues a mustra cu segun e ley LTU, cu ta e ley encarga cu admision y expulsion di extranhero, e estadia di e 4 personanan no ta ilegal pasobra nan tabata en espera di un decision. E otro 3 personanan a declara cu nan tabata ilegal, pero Hues ta haya cu D.G.D.G. no por a saca afor cu nan tabata ilegal. Tambe          Hues a mustra cu D.G.D.G. ta traha voluntario cu HIAS, e organizacion “non – profit” cu ta yuda Venezolanonan cu ta huy for di Venezuela.

            Hues a conclui cu no por prueba cu D.G.D.G. tabata sa cu e tabata actua contra ley. Hues su decision ta cu e ta declara D.G.D.G. liber. Por a mira cu D.G.D.G. tabata hopi contento cu e decision di Hues.

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Pa cera conoci cu Polis di Bario

ORANJESTAD (AAN): Cuerpo Policial Aruba ta haci un invitacion pa e barionan di Santa Cruz pa un anochi informativo presenta pa Polis di Bario di Santa Cruz.

   Polis di Bario di Santa Cruz conhuntamente cu Comisario Señora Trudy Hassel a sinta hunto na mesa pa asina organiza un reunion di contacto pa e districto di Santa Cruz.

   Lo bay tin diferente thema pero locual ta mas importante y lo enfoca riba dje, ta pa scucha e preocupacion di e habitantenan. Kico ta e problema sea chikito of grandi, kico ta molestia e habitante of bario pero tambe e habitantenan por trece ideanan of posibelmente solucionnan cu por tin pa cu e bario.

   Lo parti e districto di Santa Cruz den dos dia. E prome dia lo tuma lugar dia 28 September 2022 for di 6:00 pm pa 9:00 pm na Club San Martin na Santa Cruz. Esaki lo ta pa e bario di: Sero Compa, Angochi, Sabania abou, San Fuego, Picaron, Macuarima, Cas Ariba, Jan Flemming, Maria Maai, Yamanota, Balashi, Simeon Antonio y Barcadera ta invita pa e anochi informativo aki.

   E di dos dia lo tuma lugar dia 30 September 2022 for di 6:00 pm pa 9:00 pm na Club Caiquetio na Paradera. E bario invita ta: Casibari, Bloemond, Sero Pita, Ayo, Matividiri, Koeriboeri, Marawiel, Tamarijn, Hooiberg, Canashito, Zumbo y Sjabururi.

   Habitantenan di e dicho barionan boso ta cordialmente invita pa atende un di e dos dianan pa asina haya informacion of comparti ideanan of posibelmente trece un solucion pa boso bario.

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